45 research outputs found
The colour dipole approach to small-x processes
We explain why it is possible to formulate a wide variety of high energy
(small-x) photon-proton processes in terms of a universal dipole cross section
and compare and contrast various parameterizations of this function that exist
in the literature.Comment: 6 pages, latex, 2 figures. Contribution to Durham Collider Workshop
(Sept 99) proceeding
High- Jets in Diffractive Electroproduction
The diffractive production of high- jets in deep-inelastic
scattering is studied in the semiclassical approach. The -spectra of
and diffractive final states are found to be
qualitatively different. For final states, which are produced by
`hard' colour-singlet exchange, the -spectrum is much softer than
for final states, where the colour neutralization is `soft'.
Furthermore, the two different final states can be clearly distinguished by
their diffractive mass distributions.Comment: 9 pages, latex, 5 figure
A QCD analysis of diffractive deep-inelastic scattering data
We perform a novel type of analysis of diffractive deep-inelastic scattering
data, in which the input parton distributions of the Pomeron are parameterised
using the perturbative QCD expressions. In particular, we treat individually
the components of the Pomeron of different size. We are able to describe
simultaneously both the recent ZEUS and H1 diffractive data. In addition to the
usual two-gluon model for the perturbative Pomeron, we allow for the
possibility that it may be made from two sea quarks.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures. Version published in Eur. Phys. J.
Diffractive Parton Distributions in the Semiclassical Approach
Recently, a semiclassical approach to diffraction has been proposed, which
treats the proton as a classical colour field. The present paper demonstrates
that this approach is consistent with the concept of diffractive parton
distributions. The diffractive quark and gluon distributions are expressed
through integrals of non-Abelian eikonal factors in the fundamental and adjoint
representation respectively. As a by-product, previously calculated diffractive
cross sections for processes with a final state gluon are rederived in a
simpler way.Comment: 19 pages LaTeX, 2 figures included, uses psfi
Diffractive parton distributions from perturbative QCD
The asymptotic collinear factorisation theorem, which holds for diffractive
deep-inelastic scattering, has important modifications in the sub-asymptotic
HERA regime. We use perturbative QCD to quantify these modifications. The
diffractive parton distributions are shown to satisfy an inhomogeneous
evolution equation. We emphasise that it is necessary to include both the
gluonic and sea-quark t-channel components of the perturbative Pomeron. The
corresponding Pomeron-to-parton splitting functions are derived in the
Appendix.Comment: 34 pages, 13 figures. Version published in Eur. Phys. J.
Saturation Effects in Deep Inelastic Scattering at low and its Implications on Diffraction
We present a model based on the concept of saturation for small and
small . With only three parameters we achieve a good description of all Deep
Inelastic Scattering data below . This includes a consistent treatment
of charm and a successful extrapolation into the photoproduction regime. The
same model leads to a roughly constant ratio of diffractive and inclusive cross
section.Comment: 24 pages, 12 figures, Latex-fil
Energy Dependence of the Contribution of Pion Exchange to Large-Rapidity-Gap Events in Deep Inelastic Scattering
We study the energy dependence of the contribution of pion exchange to
large-rapidity-gap events in deep inelastic scattering. The results show that
this contribution can be quite significant at low energy and that the LRG
events observed by E665 collaboration in \mu Xe and \mu D interactions at 490
can be reasonably well described in terms of meson exchange. We also show
that the distribution of the maximum rapidity for all hadrons is quite
different from that for charged hadrons only and that the former exhibits also
shoulder-like structure for events at 490 similar to that at HERA.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, Phys. Rev. D (in press
Skewed Parton Distributions and F_2^D at beta -> 1
We show that the diffractive structure function is perturbatively calculable
in the domain where the diffractive mass is small but still outside the
resonance region. In this domain, which can be characterized by Lambda^2/Q^2 <<
1-beta << (Lambda^2/Q^2)^1/2, the structure function represents a new
observable, which is highly sensitive to the small-x skewed gluon distribution.
Our leading order calculation and the estimate of next-to-leading order
corrections are consistent with available data and demonstrate the potential of
more precise data to put further constraints on skewing effects.Comment: 11 pages, LaTeX, including five PostScript figure
The QCD description of diffractive processes
We review the application of perturbative QCD to diffractive processes. We
introduce the two gluon exchange model to describe diffractive qq(bar) and
qq(bar)g production in deep inelastic scattering. We study the triple Regge
limit and briefly consider multiple gluon exchange. We discuss diffractive
vector meson production at HERA both at t = 0 and large |t|. We demonstrate the
non-factorization of diffractive processes at hadron colliders.Comment: 39 pages, 14 figures, LaTeX, new references added and some discussion
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On the exciton binding energy in a quantum well
We consider a model describing the one-dimensional confinement of an exciton
in a symmetrical, rectangular quantum-well structure and derive upper and lower
bounds for the binding energy of the exciton. Based on these bounds, we
study the dependence of on the width of the confining potential with a
higher accuracy than previous reports. For an infinitely deep potential the
binding energy varies as expected from at large widths to at
small widths. For a finite potential, but without consideration of a mass
mismatch or a dielectric mismatch, we substantiate earlier results that the
binding energy approaches the value for both small and large widths,
having a characteristic peak for some intermediate size of the slab. Taking the
mismatch into account, this result will in general no longer be true. For the
specific case of a quantum-well
structure, however, and in contrast to previous findings, the peak structure is
shown to survive.Comment: 32 pages, ReVTeX, including 9 figure